The court heard how the 50-year-old Latvian national set up his mobile phone in the bottom of a carrier bag, held in place by two pieces of sponge, and used it to shoot video clips of women through a hole in the bag.

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Matthew Dowsett, prosecuting, described how Akons was arrested shortly after 10pm on June 10, this year, after a woman fearing she was being followed sought help from a police community support officer near the Clock Tower.

Ivars Akons outside Leicester Magistrates Court

He said: "A Pcso who was on patrol was alerted by a female member of the public who informed him that she felt concerned about a man now known to be this defendant who was following her.

"The officer stopped him a discovered a recording device concealed within a plastic carrier bag in the defendant's possession.

"Akons was arrested and the bag seized, and on closer examination, the bag contained a small box and a mobile phone held in place by two sponges.

"It was set up so the phone could record through a small hole cut into the plastic bag in order to film up the skirts of unsuspecting females."